Ululani

Ululani was a Hawaiian chiefess, 7th Aliʻi Nui (ruler) of Hilo. She is also known as Ululani Nui ("Ululani the Great") and was the most celebrated woman poet of her day.

Biography

She was a daughter and successor of the chief Mokulani and the chiefess Pāpaʻikaniau, otherwise known as Niau, the daughter of Kuʻimeheua and Kalanikūʻēʻiwalono.

Her name can mean "heavenly inspiration and growth", "raised to prominence" and it can mean "a royal assemblage or collection".^[1]

She was married to Keawemaʻuhili and she bore him two sons: Keaweokahikona and ʻElelule Laʻakeaʻelelule.^[2] She was also married to Keawe-a-Heulu, and their children were orator Nāʻihe and chiefess Keohohiwa, mother of ʻAikanaka.

Family tree

Kalākaua family tree
Kalaninuiamamao   Kapaihi-a-Ahu   Kameʻeiamoku   Kamakaʻeheikuli   Heulu                                                                     Kaolanialii               Ululani   Keawe a Heulu                                                       Alapaiwahine       Kepoʻokalani       Keohohiwa                                             Kamokuʻiki (1795–1840)   Kamanawa ʻŌpio (1785–1840)       ʻAikanaka (1790–1868)   Kamaʻeokalani                                             Caesar Kapaʻakea (1815–1866)             Analea Keohokālole (1816–1869)                                                                                       James Kaliokalani (1835–1852)   David Kalākaua (1836–1891) 1874–1891   Lydia Liliʻuokalani (1838–1917) 1891–1893                                                                         Anna Kaʻiulani (1842–1842)   Archibald Cleghorn (1835–1910)   Miriam Likelike (1851–1887)   William Pitt Leleiohoku (1854–1877)                                           Victoria Kaʻiulani (1875–1899)
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